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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Languages Spoken Most Often at Home - Detailed Aboriginal Languages (85), Other Languages Spoken Regularly at Home - Aboriginal Languages (10), Mother Tongue - Detailed Aboriginal Languages (85) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details languages spoken most often at home - detailed aboriginal languages , other languages spoken regularly at home - aboriginal languages , mother tongue - detailed aboriginal languages for the population excluding institutional in Quebec / QuébecFootnote 1
Languages spoken most often at home - Detailed Aboriginal languages (85) Other languages spoken regularly at home - Aboriginal languages (10)
Total - Population None Total - Single responses English French Aboriginal languages Other languages Total - Multiple responses Official language(s) and Aboriginal languageFootnote 2 Other multiple responses
Total - Detailed Aboriginal language spoken most often at home 7,815,955 6,691,140 1,046,585 459,125 298,090 4,700 284,670 78,230 245 77,985
Total - Single responses 7,570,900 6,469,030 1,023,955 452,595 293,840 4,625 272,895 77,920 240 77,675
English 767,415 481,675 265,035 0 159,705 2,155 103,175 20,710 115 20,590
French 6,249,080 5,687,005 538,435 375,790 0 2,410 160,230 23,645 105 23,540
Aboriginal languages 38,995 23,150 15,585 9,965 5,555 55 10 260 15 245
Algonquian languages 28,525 14,825 13,505 8,005 5,445 55 5 200 10 190
Algonquin 365 110 250 70 185 0 0 5 0 10
Atikamekw 5,370 3,145 2,220 0 2,210 10 0 5 5 0
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree languages 14,155 6,305 7,705 7,605 95 5 0 140 0 140
Cree, n.o.s. 14,155 6,305 7,710 7,610 100 5 5 145 0 145
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 335 200 125 130 0 0 0 5 0 10
Innu/Montagnais 7,725 4,690 3,010 45 2,945 15 0 30 5 25
Naskapi 565 365 185 150 10 20 0 15 5 5
Ojibway 10 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages 5 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavey, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages 15 5 10 10 5 0 0 0 0 0
Mohawk 15 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dakota 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages 10,420 8,300 2,065 1,955 100 0 5 55 0 55
Inuktitut 10,360 8,280 2,030 1,930 95 5 5 55 0 50
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 65 25 35 25 5 0 0 0 0 0
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 15 15 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
Other languages 515,410 277,205 204,900 66,835 128,585 5 9,475 33,310 0 33,305
Total - Multiple responses 245,055 222,110 22,630 6,530 4,250 70 11,780 315 5 305
English and Aboriginal language 545 515 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0
French and Aboriginal language 390 360 30 25 0 5 0 0 0 0
English, French and Aboriginal language 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other multiple responses 243,980 221,105 22,565 6,510 4,220 65 11,775 315 0 310

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.

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Footnote 2

Includes the following multiple responses: English and an Aboriginal language, French and an Aboriginal language, and English, French and an Aboriginal language.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011047.

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